Pillow



ec. ll., 1928.

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Yr Urufrlezo Asr-air PATENT- IEBANGIS 0F HOLLAND, IICHIGLN.

rILLow.

f spuwen ami recenter 4; 192e. .cenni n. 152,579.

This managment@ to" pillowsgnd more particularly `to pillows Comprisinga detachable resilient unit.

Y v/ One of the l.'bjects of the invention is `the provision of anew andimproved pillowy which may assembledby a folding oper..

,I ation. y I Another object kof the invention is the prolvision of anew and'improved pad having wings attached thereto that may be folded insuch`amanner as'to forma pillow.

Aiurther ob`jectfof the invention is the provision o fa new and"improved padhaving description taken in connection with'theaccompanying drawings, in which Fig. lis a plan view of the pillow inposition for use;

Fig. 2 is across-section` on line 2-2 'of Fi 1, onhan enlarged scale;

ig. 3 is a plan view of the pillow in unfolded position; I l

Figs. '4and-5 are plan views of the pillow in artiall-y folded position;and

ig. 6 is a plan view of a portion of a spring unit showing the silencerin position therein. In the fabrication of pillows it is desirable'thatthe parts be so constructed that they ma be readily reversed in ordertoexpose di erent surfaces. 311-.. f "if It is also desirable that in thety low in which a resilient unit is empldyed the parts be so constructedthat they form a comfortable pillow without the resilient unit. Thepresent invention seeks to produce a pillow that may be em loyed with orwithout a resilient unit, an one that may be reversed when one sidebecomes soiled, or for other reasons it 1s necessary or desirable toexpose-other portions of the pillow.

In the form of the device selected to illustrate one embodiment of theinvention the reference character 10 designates generally tf pu-- adpadhaving the body portion 11 which is a apted sto be folded alon thedotted lines 12, 13. -and 14 as indicate in Fig. 3. For convenlence indescriptionfthe pad 10 will be considered as being divided by the dottedAlines 12, 13 and 14 into the sections 15, 16,

17 and 18 respectively. 'In practice the pad 10 1s preferably of .thesame thickness throughout its length.

The pad is provided with wings 19 and 21 arranged in staggered relationen the o posite side edges of the pad. As shown, t e win 19 ,is attachedto ythefsection 17 and the -section 21 to the o posite edge of theadjacent section 16.. T ese wings are preferably padded in the samemanner as the pad 10.

. Preferably, though notl necessarily, a spring unit 19 is employed.with the pad. `The unit 19 may be of any suitable arrangement ofsprings. In the form shown,l which 1s bythe wayof example` only, aplurality .of spiralsprings 21 arrangedin rows and having their terminalcoils connectedl together by helicals 22, are employed. In order thatthe coils` ofthe springs may not frictionally engage or come intocontact with each other to make` objectional noises, an

elongated padding 23 is `woven aboutl the coils of the springsas shownin Fig. 6.

If desired, certain sections of the pad or its wings may be of differentcolor from the remaining portion, or the sections may be of one color onone side and a different color on the other side, whereby differentcolors may be exposed as desired. i

The pad and its wings ma be folded in various ways. As shown in lligs.34 and ".-1 ,694,541- OFFICE;

v5 the spring unit 19, if one be employed, is

laced on the section 16 and the win 420 olded thereover, see Fig. 4. Thewhole is then folded onto the section 17 as shown in Fig. 5. The wing 19is then folded onto l the folded portion, after which` the foldingoperation is completed by foldin the section 18 over onto the foldedmass. 'l eration is performedwhen thevspring unit is omitted.-

If desired, the section 15 may be 'folded before the wing 20, or-thefoldin may begin at theopposite end of the pa InA Vor'-l der to expose aclean surface or a different color the pad may be turned over and foldedas before; The pad ma be folded in numerous ways, which wil readilyoccur to the person folding the same.

It is thought from the foregoing taken in v posite side edges of saidpad in staggered` connection with the accompanying drawings that theconstruction and operation of my device will be apparent to thoseskilled in the art, and that various changes in size, shape, proportionand details'ofconstruction may be made vwithout departing from thespirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim as my invention: i

1. In combination, a pad having a body portion provided with wingsattached to oprelation, whereby said wings and body portion may befolded into a compact bundle to form a pillow.

2. In combination, a pad having a body portion provided with wingsattached to opposite side edges of said pad in staggered relation,wherebysaid wingsand body portion may be folded into a compact bundle toform a pillow, and a resilient unit enveloped :in the folds of saidWings and body portion. 3. A resilient pillowv comprising a resilient,said body p ortion and folded'over one side of said unit in a directionat an angleto the folding of said body portion.

4. A resilient pillow comprising a foldable,

padded body' ortion, a. resilient unit about which said bo y portion isfolded, and a padded wing portion attached to each side edge of saidbody portion and folded over the sides of said unit in a direction atright Vangles to the folding of said body portion.

5. In combination, a resilient unit, a cover for said unit, said covercomprising a body portion Vfolded about said unit in one direction,wings attached to opposite side edges of saidbody portion instaggeredrelation, and folded about said unit at rightangles to saidfirst-named direction. i

In testimony whereof I aflix m signature.

` FRANCIb KARR.`

